A man trying to sell his laptop in St. Paul after he posted an ad on Craigslist was robbed and attacked by two men -- one of whom zapped him with a stun gun.

Dee Allen King, 33, of Anoka, and Ronald Lorenzo Sims, 36, of Minneapolis, were charged Monday, Oct. 22, with two charges each of first-degree aggravated robbery.

The incident was described this way in the criminal complaint against King and Sims, filed in Ramsey County District Court:

Shortly after midnight Sunday, the alleged victim went to the Burger King at 695 E. Seventh St. to meet a man who said he was interested in looking at the victim's Toshiba laptop.

King drove up in a blue SUV and parked next to the victim's car. He got in and sat in the passenger seat.

Ronald Lorenzo Sims

After inspecting the laptop, King said he wanted to buy it. He got out, saying he was going to get his money.

The 40-year-old victim sat with his phone out and his wallet in his lap. He thought he might need the wallet to show identification.

When King returned, Sims was with him. Sims took a "large object in his hand and attacked (the victim), who said it felt as if he had been zapped by electricity," the complaint said. They ordered him to "hand it over." Sims and King then fled in the SUV with the victim's laptop, cellphone and wallet.

The victim asked employees in the restaurant if they could call police for him, since his cellphone was gone. He provided a partial license plate number of the SUV.

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Officers pulled over a blue Chrysler Pacifica at West Seventh and Leech streets, near Smith Avenue. The license plate was similar to the one the victim had provided.

The victim identified King as the person who robbed him, and Sims as the one who attacked him with a stun gun. King and Sims declined to speak to police.

Police noted that the victim had two puncture wounds on his forearm.

Hidden in the third row of seats in the SUV was a black "Zap Baton" with two sharp probes at the end and a sticker that read "one million volts." The probes were "consistent with having caused the injuries to (the victim's) forearm."

Police did not find the stolen property.

King's criminal history includes felony theft and bank robbery. Sims has a federal drug conviction from Minnesota, for which he's still on parole, and an auto theft conviction from Illinois.

The two were being held Tuesday in the Ramsey County jail on $75,000 bail.